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Rebuilding Iraq remains a long, expensive proposition

Editorial: Rebuilding Iraq remains a long, expensive proposition It’s a cautionary tale for the new president


GOP would destroy what the UAW built

Opinion: In 1949, a pamphlet was published that argued that the American auto industry should change course.


Carols are legal in school

Opinion: BLUEMONT, Va. — The holidays are here, which means public school teachers across America are


As corny as it sounds: Ford had a better idea

Opinion: DEARBORN, Mich. — Designed by architects from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the Chicago firm that


Detroit is today’s buggy whip

Opinion: Some of us were raised to believe that reality is inescapable. But that just shows how far behind


We’re losing America

Opinion: We’re losing America EDITOR: As our stupid leaders in Washington D.C. squabble over how much to


Keeping tenants makes sense

Keeping tenants makes sense Scripps Howard News Service: One of the crueler side effects of the


What happens after U.S. exits Iraq?

Opinion: AMMAN, Jordan — I’m on my way to a country that no one wants to hear about anymore. When I was


Reality is catching up

Editorial: Reality is catching up Auto plants are trimming production — in Ohio, that includes both the


Mayors present ‘Santa’ with wish list

Opinion: Most children have probably finished their Christmas lists to Santa Claus. Some elected officials,


An enduring crisis confronts black family

Opinion: In the nearly half-century in which we have gone from George Wallace to Barack Obama, America has


America’s leadership needed in the world

Opinion: Wise men tell Americans that our nation no longer leads this world: we bankrupted ourselves first


“Muntadhar al-Zeidi has expressed the feelings and ambitions of the Iraqi people toward the

Opinion: “Muntadhar al-Zeidi has expressed the feelings and ambitions of the Iraqi people toward the symbol


Playing bailout roulette

Playing bailout roulette Washington Post: Congress failed to rescue the U.S. auto industry. In the


Listen to Lincoln

Opinion: Listen to Lincoln EDITOR: The procedural vote in the U.S. Senate that killed the $14 billion